Get Your Rear in Gear – Charlotte co-chair, Sue Falco, joined fellow survivor Doc Mahaffey, on WBTV yesterday, February 28 to talk about the importance of colon cancer screening and the upcoming Get Your Rear in Gear 5K Run/Walk on March 9. Watch Doc and Sue spread the word, the screen capture links to the [...]
In their continuing mission to spread the word about the importance of screening for colorectal cancers, the Charlotte Get Your Rear in Gear event directors chose to direct some of the proceeds from the 2011 race to a public awareness program in March of 2012. Mary-Karen Bierman and Sue Falco placed an advertisement in Charlotte, [...]
Faith Christian School in Gloucester, Mass. hosted a fundraiser during Colon Cancer Awareness Month in memory of their founding principal Mr. Don Lodge. The students wanted to do something to remember their beloved administrator and chose to give the funds raised to the Colon Cancer Coalition / Get Your Rear in Gear. They were challenged [...]
Well where do I begin… My name is Kari-Lynn Cermak and 23 years ago my dad had a colonoscopy due to symptoms his doctor was concerned with. That’s when my family’s life was changed. I just turned 4, my dad was still in his 30’s and we got the new my dad “has cancer”. Those [...]
My name is Tabitha Gibson, and live in Evansville, Indiana. I am married to my best friend and I get to be a stay at home mommy to my 3 beautiful little girls. On May 8, of 2009 at the age of 29, I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer that had metastasized to [...]
It was a busy summer at work in 2009. I was extremely busy and traveling a lot for my job. It was no surprise to me that I was feeling very fatigued and run down. I was having a great deal of low back pain, which had been dismissed as muscle pull or stress. I [...]
They kept saying that there was nothing wrong with me, that I’d just have to learn to live with this! This is a photo of me that was taken 10 years ago prior to my diagnosis of colon cancer – almost exactly. I was visiting at my brother’s home in Dallas, and my siblings were [...]
Written by mother, Paula McQuillen Our son, Sean McQuillen, was born March 8, 1977, at Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, MN. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, his love of skiing took him to Montana State University where he graduated in 2000 with a B. S. degree in Marketing. He also was a ski [...]
All my life I’d taken care of my body. I had a large organic garden and did a lot of canning and freezing. I didn’t eat red meat. I got plenty of exercise, was a non-‐smoker and had never been overweight. I started annual mammograms (except when I was pregnant or breastfeeding) at the age of 21 [...]
Written by wife, Linda Vieyra My name is Linda Vieyra, I received my Masters in Special Education at the University of Southern California and I currently work as a Social Worker for disabled adults. My husband, Carlos Vieyra who just turned 33 has no history of Cancer in his family, so when we got the [...]
